This means AWS is likely to remain in number 1 position despite Microsoft’s efforts. Equally, Google is not likely to overtake Azure either. Again, while more customers mean more money and market bragging rights, each of the three service giants are performing well. As for cloud computing, 2019 is likely to bring some significant changes. Hybrid multi-cloud solutions will increase, with companies like IBM (which recently bought Red Hat) leading. Gartner says cloud is pushing IT spending, which will increase 3.2 percent in 2019 to $3.76 trillion.
Cloud Outlook
ZDNet reports there will be several themes to follow during 2019: The cloud computing landscape is maturing rapidly yet financial transparency backslides. It’s telling when Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for cloud infrastructure goes to 6 players from more than a dozen. In addition, transparency has become worse among cloud computing providers. For instance, Oracle used to break out infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service in its financial reports. Today, Oracle’s cloud business is lumped together. Microsoft has a “commercial cloud” that is very successful, but also hard to parse. IBM has cloud revenue and “as-a-service” revenue. Google doesn’t break out cloud revenue at all. Aside from AWS, parsing cloud sales has become more difficult.”
